Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Shigella flexneri serotype 2 variant in China

Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Shigella flexneri serotype 2 variant in China

Shigella flexneri serotype 2 variant (II:3,4,7,8) was isolated in 2008 and first reported in China in 2013. In the present study, epidemiological surveillance from 2003 to 2013 in China suggested that this serotype first appeared in Guangxi in 2003; it then emerged in Shanghai and Xinjiang in 2004 a...

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Main Authors: Xianyan eCui, Jian eWang, Chaojie eYang, Beibei eLiang, Qiuxia eMa, Shengjie eYi, Hao eLi, Hongbo eLiu, Peng eLi, Zhihao eWu, Jing eXie, Leili eJia, Rongzhang eHao, Ligui eWang, Yuejin eHua, Shaofu eQiu, Hongbin eSong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Shigella flexneri
Multidrug-resistant
Epidemic frequency
serotype 2 variant
antibiotic resistance rate
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00435/full

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